How did you get started in your sport?

My passion for bikepacking began with a 6,000-mile solo journey from Vermont to South America at age 19. This transformative experience ignited my love for the sport and led me to pursue competitive racing. Following a 10-year career as an outdoor educator, a turning point came in 2020, when I became a full-time caregiver for my uncle Bruce, who had been diagnosed with ALS. Watching a loved one face this terminal disease showed me the fragility of life up close, and that experience inspired me to follow my dream of becoming a full-time athlete. That decision led me to create the Ride to Endure project, in which I attempted to set the FKT (fastest known time) on the Baja Divide in order to raise awareness and funds for ALS advocacy, and now to my new journey as a professional ultra-endurance cyclist.

Ultra-endurance cycling is a beautiful blending of athleticism, logistical planning, technical navigation, adaptability, and the ability to push well beyond barriers of comfort. The multifaceted nature of the sport is what initially drew me to it, and continues to electrify me today. I love refining my systems, strategies, and physical and mental fitness. As the sport grows quickly, and the pool of competition deepens, I find it thrilling that if you want to win, you can't just be the fastest. You have to be a puzzle master, able to put all the pieces together just right! 

Describe your first bike.

When I was 18, I took a year off before going to college. During the first half of the year, I spent my days off working with a mentor who helped me build up a steel Schwinn Voyager touring bike. He taught me everything from lacing wheels to bar-end shifters. In the second half of that year, I rode that bike 6,000 miles from my home in NH to Ecuador!  

Guilty pleasure food item?  

Bitchin’ Sauce - Chipotle flavor. I typically eat a Costco-size tub every week! 

Where is your “happy” place?  

Above the tree line! There’s nothing quite like adventuring in the high alpine, breathing the thin air, and looking out at a vast mountain range to remind you how small you are. 

Who is your favorite band or artist and their best album and song?  

The Cat Empire - Steal the Light - “Still Young” 

What’s your favorite quote and where did you first hear it?

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.” -Haim G. Ginott

Season goals:

In January, my partner and I will be moving to the UK and I will be spending the 2025 season racing the Atlas (Morocco), Hellenic (Greece), and Silk Road (Kyrgyzstan) Mountain Races. When not racing, look for me on the glaciers in Iceland, fat biking in Norway, venturing in Nepal, and whatever other adventures may grab my eye!